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Pakistan Denies Report of China Nuclear Ties

HeadlineNov 13, 2009

The Washington Post is reporting China provided Pakistan with enough weapons-grade uranium for two atomic bombs in 1982. Written accounts by the Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan say the Chinese government also provided a blueprint that helped speed up Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program. The cooperation is said to have resulted from a secret 1976 agreement between the two countries. In a statement, the Pakistani foreign ministry denied the report, calling it “baseless.”

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